Re: Unsupported packages on RHEL

On 4/24/06, Lars Bjaerris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We have recently been discussing the pros. and cons. of running
> unsupported packages on RH EL.
>
> Sometimes the packages available from Redhat are several revisions
> after what is available in a supposedly stable package outside Redhat
> Network.
>
> Apart from the obvious dependency issues with installing a non RH
> supported package,
> What in your collected opinion would be the cons. of doing this ?
>

The main issues we have is that it turns into a burden of supporting a
build tree and support structure for these packages. Beyond dealing
with the straight dependency issues.. if something comes up security
wise, we have to fix, test, push those packages.

However being able to load these items into RHN means that we can make
sure that the sub-sites are able to be updated correctly.

> Any input would be appreciated.
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> Lars Sorensen
>
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